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Right after you were born, the blood and vernix on your body was washed off by a nurse or even your mom or dad. Have you taken a bath or shower since the day you were born? Of course you have. Our bodies continually become dirtied, requiring new cleansing. It...
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Here is a brief excerpt from John Piper's article in the current issue of Tabletalk magazine. "A few years ago I wrote a short book on justification that was published by Crossway under the titleCounted Righteous in Christ. In one section of it I ask, 'Why would a pressured pastor with a family to care for … devote so much time and energy to the controversy over the imputation of Christ’s righteousness? Well, it is precisely because I have a family to care for, and so do hundreds of my people.' Here is part of the answer I wrote in chapter one of the book...
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The function of the conscience in ethical decision making tends to complicate matters for us. The commandments of God are eternal, but in order to obey them we must first appropriate them internally. The “organ” of such internalization has been classically called the conscience. Some describe this nebulous inner voice as the voice of God within. The conscience is a mysterious part of man’s inner being. Within the conscience, in a secret hidden recess, lies the personality, so hidden that at times it functions without our being immediately aware of it.
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Have you ever attributed the events of your life to chance? Have you ever wondered how your prayers can change things if God is sovereign? In The Providence of God, R.C. Sproul explores the way God governs the universe. He shows that God is the paragon of both power and goodness. He reveals that “chance” is actually a figment of the imagination. And he shows how God guides all events without being guilty of human wickedness or destroying human freedom.
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Many Christians are aware of the hostile atheism of Christopher Hitchens. However, few Christians are aware that his brother, Peter, was also for many years antagonistic toward Christianity and a self-avowed atheist like his brother. Unlike Christopher, however, Peter is a prodigal son who has returned home. The story of the way God used simple beauties, such as architecture and painting, to draw Peter to faith is truly moving. Many Christians have wondered what is going on inside the heads of atheists to make them so angry. In this interview from the June issue of Tabletalk Peter Hitchens gives us a glimpse into his life and thought as a Christian who was converted from atheism.
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She was understandably frustrated. She had called from another state to learn how she could remedy the educational program for home school families she had been hired to direct. She complained that, though the program claimed it was making Christ known to students, it provided no specific teaching either in Bible or in Christian doctrine. As we talked, I realized her frustration was only going to increase when she tried to fix the problem.
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"Tabletalk...is called such because it is the hope of its editors that it will spark table talk in the thousands of homes that receive the magazine," explains Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr. "It is their hope that this magazine will encourage families to speak of the things of God when they lie down and when they rise up."
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To borrow a phrase from Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, it is the best of times, the worst of times. That is how one might describe the current movie-saturated era. Certainly, from an entertainment perspective, it is the best of times. While I myself still prefer the classic films of the 40s and 50s, from The Maltese Falcon to The Searchers, it is hard not to be impressed by everything from the special effects in something like Inception to the sheer brilliance of acting in The King’s Speech.
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